8-letter words containing p, h, l, y
- polyarch — (of a woody tissue) having multiple points of origin
- polygoth — (language) A distributed language integrating classes with a parallel block structure, including multiprocedures and fragments.
- polymath — a person of great learning in several fields of study; polyhistor.
- polyphon — a large clockwork or hand-operated music box
- prophyll — one of two first leaves to appear on a lateral shoot, usually smaller than the leaves that follow
- psychol. — psychological
- rohypnol — Rohypnol is a powerful drug that makes a person semi-conscious.
- schleppy — slovenly, dowdy, or run-down; frumpy: a schleppy hotel; a schleppy old bathrobe.
- schlumpy — like a schlump
- splotchy — marked or covered with splotches.
- sulphury — of the nature of, characteristic of or resembling sulphur
- symphile — an insect or other organism that lives in the nests of social insects, esp ants and termites, and is fed and reared by the inmates
- syphilis — a chronic infectious disease, caused by a spirochete, Treponema pallidum, usually venereal in origin but often congenital, and affecting almost any organ or tissue in the body, especially the genitals, skin, mucous membranes, aorta, brain, liver, bones, and nerves.
- triglyph — a structural member of a Doric frieze, separating two consecutive metopes, and consisting typically of a rectangular block with two vertical grooves or glyphs, and two chamfers or half grooves at the sides, together counting as a third glyph, and leaving three flat vertical bands on the face of the block.
- zoophily — (biology) pollination by animals.